NOON today, not 11. And since it might be low attendance, if no one is here by 15 after, ill cancel and do yard work instead.
Since there is no other content to add, enjoy this Bigil song!
At noon Chicago time, Ill put up an “and play!” Comment and we will go from there!
dontcallitbollywood 
Jackie!!!!!
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Jackie alert! I like this hairdo on him.
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Yeah you are arrogant 😡
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These Manipuris speak great Tamil. I’d be proud, too.
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I like that they aged him up 20 years by just spraying his hair grey
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It’s not the worst grey, though–doesn’t look like he was simply dipped in flour.
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Is this whole game CGI? It looks weird somehow.
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The views from above seem particularly wacky.
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New auntie vow: I’ll only take my last breath once I’ve seen a non-corrupt athletic official in an Indian movie.
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Maddy in Saala Khadoos doesn’t count, right? Since he was a coach?
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Athletics OFFICIAL. There are plenty of non-villainous coaches/players/managers out there.
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I suspect you’ll never die.
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Was not expecting the Ulysses S. Grant/Henry Wilson reference.
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Aw, her reactions are so cute c:
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What a nice Dad! I sure hope nothing happens to him….
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Shush!
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No! You mustn’t miss your train!
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But the PEOPLE WILL NEED HIM!!!!
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They need him to be a nice non-rowdy athletic example, not to get into knife-fights at the train station!
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That’s not gonna keep currupt college officials from stealing land and closing schools.
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Did you catch the symbolism??? Soccer ball falls out of the train and bounces away? And now he is LITERALLY picking up his father’s sword?
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You have an eye for these things, I swear ( ;
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I have this irritating voice in my head saying “wait, shouldn’t he go to jail for killing like 6 people, with witnesses?” But I know that’s silly, people don’t go to jail for public knife fights.
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Aw, she’s wearing her same earrings as when they first met in (possibly the same) train station.
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Oh right, it’s all a flashback. Also, I love Nayanthara sooooooooooo much! Just stubbornly staying by him this whole time.
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I don’t watch many South Indian movies, but one of my favorite things about them is how often there’s background music that’s actually narrating or commenting on what’s going on, outside of the actual songs. The last write-up I did was of “Maryada Ramanna,” which also used that device a lot.
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FEMINISM! And also Tamil Pride, all mixed together!
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Ugh, those tomatoes are NOT ripe.
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I mean–they’ve played matches before, right? And they’ve practiced? Or maybe there’s some rule that you can’t compete without a coach on the books.
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Probably a rule enforced by CORRUPT OFFICIALS
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Ah! Of course.
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Kabadi Kabadi! That’s just teasing us by making us think it might be a kabaddi match.
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This John guy who keeps nearly marrying Angel has less than zero self-respect. She doesn’t wan you, she wants her thug!
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Are they coated in latex? What’s happening???
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What’s with the oil? Is it to make them slippery? Or harder to see? I’m so confused!
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Perhaps they’re planning on doing some cold-water swimming afterwards. I just hope they remember to take the garbage bags off their heads first.
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Everybody Has a Machete Always
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Yes, and where do they keep them? I get it in the rural movies, because Machetes are just part of equipment. But what’s with the urban machetes?
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“Dignity and Great History”= Corrupt Sports Officials!!!
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I don’t trust you, Jackie ) :
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But he’s ina sweater vest!
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I like his sweater-vest. I’m loving the slightly-tousled hair! But I still don’t trust him.
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Manipur again??? Maybe they’re famously good at soccer and I just don’t know it.
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Do we think Samar is secretly decent or secretly evil? right now I feel like it could go either way.
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Evil!
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I hope he’s secretly decent because that seems more interesting, but yeah, he’s got the evil vibe.
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They should get him a megaphone or something.
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Now Jackie is in a fancy white suit, he is feeling more evil too me.
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It seems like the only thing Jackie wears in recent movies is elaborate blazers, leading me to suspect that they’re just dressing him from his own closet.
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UGH, Naked Jackie!!!!
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: D
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Whoa, fancy signature.
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I’ll say this, Jackie’s legs are still pretty good.
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Poor naked Jackie 😦
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And since Michael doesn’t seem to have known about this before, he presumably just had to narrate the whole incident!
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He’s dedicated! Once I got home, the first thing I would do would be to take a shower. But no, let’s prioritize REVENGE.
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Love the goalkeeper’s thigh slap!
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Oh no she isn’t the goalkeeper! Still that was like a haka or something, cool!
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I’ve always wanted to learn to spin a ball on my finger ) :
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I’ve already established that i don’t know anything, but it certainly doesn’t seem as though you’d be allowed to hide the ball in your shirt.
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Correct!
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Woo-hoo! I enjoy it when I happen to be right c:
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What makes it better to hit the corner than the main part?
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I think it’s just harder?
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It isn’t really, he’s just trying to train their aim.
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Yeah, it’d seem like it would be riskier in practice than aiming for the middle. Thanks!
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TAMIL PRIDE!!!! This movie unapologetically does not care about Indian patriotism, it’s all about proving Tamilians against The World.
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I hadn’t realized that the manager was new, too.
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Ah, I like Angel : )
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And this is the actress cast opposite SRK, supposedly!
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Oh, nice!
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AAAAA!!!! This is a feminism movie! Of course, through the lens of the male savior. Sigh.
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“Jhund” also had a storyline about a lady who felt like she couldn’t keep playing because of family obligations. In that case, it felt like it was told more from her perspective.
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OMG, is he gonna beat up the acid dude? Who probably should have been arrested by the police, but I’ve gotta stop thinking that way.
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Before Acid Dude popped out, I was thinking she was going to have to race an SUV or something.
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Ugh, I hate moving tractor tires.
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Is this triumphal woman’s anthem Slight Ruined, Totally Ruined, or not Affected by having it sung by a man who is directing all the women around him?
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–yeah.
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I like it! I probably wouldn’t go as far as ‘not affected’, though.
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Oh shoot, that reminds me! Rahman is coming to town in August, I need to coordinate tickets with people.
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I didn’t expect football-coach dress standards to lean so hard into business casual.
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WTF Constable Patel???
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Egg timer!
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Horrible Jackie! Just because you were naked once!
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